Oldtimers, Youngtimers and Vintage Motoring

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A community for everything old and youngtimers! That includes Cars, Bikes, Trucks, Bicycles and all other old Personal Vehicles!

Oldtimers are Defined as Vehicles 30 years or older, whereas Youngtimers are between 25 and 30 years of age!

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submitted 5 months ago by Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/oldtimers_youngtimers@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that be mechanically driven from this era?

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yea, speedo would be a spinning steel wire in a sheath, everything else possibly be electric (tach, oil pressure/sensor, if it even had that).

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

Oil pressure was actually an air tube, and coolant temp was a copper pipe. You had to be careful not to kink them or your gauges wouldn’t work.

Though the 70s was the transition away from that late 60s tech.